This evolved out of an exercise in a workbook I just got on music composition. The original task was to write a melody in the Dorian mode about water...

from the album "the Hardest Blow" featuring vocals and slide guitar from Gregg Todt My father says, it's not enough This mortal strife, gets too rough And sinners dance, upon your grave Waiting for, your bones to bleed The hardest blow…

I have issues at my house, sometimes they manifest themselves in my tracks. In this case, the bassoon and oboe represent the mouse. The guitar is the peanut-butter.

Sank a solid 17.5 hours into this one, so there won't be a complete album out of this 24 hour day. Had the structure floating around for a year; this is my first stab at it. There are definitely huge revisions in store.

WARNING! ADULT CONTENT or goofy great........ After a week of computer crashes, I finally got my gear all back to normal. I got my drum kit hooked up yesterday and did a test run which led to this bit of Saturday morning fun that only proves…

Take some words, do some numerology and then some math, take the riff of the numbers that came from the numerological words and then apply some Pi functions to the volume steps inside a tablature program then mess around some more inside fruity…

I elected to pursue my theme for RPM 2010 even though, ultimately, I decided not to take part. So I'm going at my own pace, not trying to produce "finished" works, or to be governed by anything except my experimental muse. The theme I chose…

Mining the archives a bit. This is an alternate take of my "Jimi Jam" from a couple of years ago. Live to 2 tracks with the Jamman. Really only sounds OK when cranked up loud enough that your eardrums threaten to meet in the middle. LOL!!

Pedal steel dreamscape and silly panic from the answering machine.

This song describes the part of my life journey that i find myself in these days. Seeking inward peace, knowing that I must continue to search....

Here's to the next one of us to die!

A countrified tribute to Mr. Eno.

So there’s this phenomenon about controversial works of art That there’s the establishment that wants to suppress and take down and attack controversial works of art And this arises because there’s a viewership or a viewer-base, listeners, watchers…

**Song-writing Demo for FAWM 2022** Song number 4 Written Wednesday 9th February 2022 **** Here we go again... I didn't think there was anything left in the tank, but here we are. Ready for a lie-down now! **** **Ifs Buts And Maybes…

This song was written for a songwriting challenge issued by the MN Association of Songwriters where the title had to include the word 2021. I am uploading it this morning on a very proud day here in the USA - Inauguration day 2021!!!!! I am…